Automatic DJ delivers bass in your face, based on your face

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Stuck for beats to drop at a party? Automatic DJ delivers
bass in your face, based on your face.

The service matches people to their Facebook profiles
using facial recognition tool Face.com. It then uses Hunch, an app that creates a
preference-based playlist (even if you haven't "liked" any tracks
or artists on Facebook), by mining your social graph for
suggestions. These are played through Spotify.

"I love technology, but hate to be bothered by it," says
Benjamin Gleitzman, its creator. "Check-ins, tweets and Facebook
status updates can detract from social interaction, especially at
parties."

The technology could have a variety of applications --
Gleitzman, a 24-year-old New Yorker, uses it in his home: when
guests enter and are recognised by the system, their favourite
music is selected and played, and digital picture-frames display
images they like. But he anticipates other uses: "Automatic
Bartender might take a look at your face and pour your favourite
drink."

Gleitzman has made his raw code available for download -- let's
hope it can be tweaked to prevent Rebecca Black showing up on your
party playlist.